03x01 - The Conflict

[bunniefuu]

[Birds twittering]

(john-boy) when I was growing
up on walton's mountain,

i had a tendency to think of
myself and my immediate family

as the only waltons.

but that wasn't true.

we were part of a great clan.

♪♪[People singing] there were other
mountains and many other waltons

who lived farther
up in the blue ridge.

they were a part of
the family whose way

had scarcely been touched
by the passing of time.

we were a family born to
share a kinship with the seasons

always gratefully accepting
that which the land gave,

but living in the
knowledge that weather

and misfortune
could take it away.

one summer, we were
to learn that man also

could take away what
the land had given.

I can't remember a
picnic I've enjoyed more.

Thanks for taking the day off.

Seemed like a good idea what
with school startin' so soon.

It's been a fine day.

A day I'll remember in heaven.

(Grandpa) all covered with snow.

(Children) ♪ all
covered with snow ♪

I lost my true lover.

♪ I lost my true lover ♪

For courting too slow.

♪ For courting too slow ♪

For courting's a pleasure.

♪ For courting's a pleasure ♪

And parting's a grief.

♪ And parting's a grief ♪

And a false-hearted lover

Daddy, are we taking
the long way home?

Yeah. No point rushin' a
day as good as this, is there?

No, sir.

(All) ♪ on top of old smokey ♪

♪ All covered with snow ♪

♪ I lost my true lover ♪

♪ For courting too slow ♪

♪ For courting's a pleasure ♪

♪ And parting's a grief ♪

♪ And a false-hearted lover ♪

That big park and highway
we've been hearing so much about.

Be a nice place to drive,
if they ever finish it.

Was a nice place to drive
before they started it.

It was nothing but a
bumpy old road, ma.

This is goin' to be a
fine modern highway.

♪ Is worse than a thief ♪♪

♪♪[Grandpa singing]

Come up, elizabeth.

[Jim-bob coughing]

(Erin) what's daddy going
through all this dust for?

I thought today was
supposed to be fun.

It's interesting, erin.

When they get this highway
finished and connect it up,

It's going to be
over miles long.

Who needs miles of dust?

(Jason) there won't be dust
when it's all finished, silly.

It's gonna be paved over.
(Mary ellen) mr. Know-it-all!

It's gonna connect up with
the great smoky mountains,

All the way down in tennessee.

(Elizabeth) john-boy...
What, honey?

I've got to go to the bathroom.

You want me to tell
daddy to stop the truck?

No. Well, why not?

I don't want to go in the weeds.

What are you gonna do?

I'll wait.

I had no idea this was comin'
so near walton property.

Walton property? Way up here?

Yes, there's some kin
of yours, elizabeth,

No more than a spit and throw
from this very ridge road.

[People chattering]

Where's everybody going?

Oh, must be, they have to move
to make way for the new park.

That road can only lead
but one place for them.

Where's that, grandpa?

To heartbreak
from the looks of it.

[People chattering]

(John) how far east you
cuttin' this highway of yours?

Miles this side
of blue rock creek.

Blue rock creek?

Yeah. You follow the
course of the creek

[Car horn blaring] right up to
where the dam will be built

Up from the crossing
at jefferson gap.

[Horn blaring]

Say, mister, you seen an old
woman with a grown up son,

They might be comin' this way?

Mister, they all look
old to me. Even the kids.

They'll be drivin' a mule wagon,

With all hogs and
chickens along with them.

Your aunt martha
corinne and cousin boone,

Is that who grandpa's
worried about?

They live just this
side of blue rock creek.

Oh, they're the ones who never
come down from the mountain.

They're not just
ones, they are waltons.

All right, they're the waltons who
never come down from the mountains.

My oldest brother henry,

He never come down more
than or times in his life.

And his widow, martha
corinne, she's still up there.

(Jim-bob) all by herself?

No, there's her son boone
and her great grandson, wade.

Zeb and I were up there last
year for boone's wife's funeral.

No sooner had they put her in the
ground than boone had cornered zeb

And was trying to sell off some
of that homemade whiskey of his.

(Grandpa) john.
John. John. John.

John. What's the matter, pa?

Well, so long as we're up here,

Don't you think we better
stop by henry's old place?

I-i'm a little worried now
about martha corinne.

Pa, it's gettin' kind of late.
How about we do it one day soon?

One day soon maybe
one day too late.

Zeb, if they'd needed us
they would have sent for us.

I think we ought to be
gettin' home, grandpa.

The children are
dead tired and hungry.

Pa, how about we do it
first thing in the morning?

All right, if that's the
best you can do, john.

You think aunt martha corinne
and boone will have to move?

I don't know, liv. But pa and me

Better get up there
first thing in the morning.

Those mountains have been
home to them for a lifetime.

[Children chattering]

Look.

Looks like you won't
have to make that trip.

(Grandpa) hey, boone!

(Ben) hey, fellas!

(Grandpa) thank heavens.
They're right here.

Come on, elizabeth.

(Grandpa) boone, boone!
You're down here.

We was just up on
the ridgeline route

And they wouldn't let
me stop off to see you.

(Boone) it's been a long while
since you all been up our way.

How are you, esther?

(Grandma) boone, wade.

It's nice to see you, boone.

[Grandpa laughs]

For them of you don't know,

Meet wade walton, my grandboy.

Boy,

Been a long time,
wade. Nice to see you.

You've sure grown.

(Boone) wade here has
been away with the u.s. Navy.

Yeah, we heard.

You all remember cousin
boone from up blue rock.

How can he be my
cousin if he's so old?

I'll explain it to you later.

Zeb, mama sent us.

And I have a good suspicion why.

She told us to speak
with the men of the house.

Let's get to talking.

(Boone) so this feller,
blake, he's the builder.

The u.s. Government
sent him in from

Buildin' big roads out west.

"Move on," blake says.

"You got to move on.

"This here property is condemned

"For the reasons
of makin' a park.

"Pack up.

Get relocated," he tells us.

Where to?

Flatlands.

Says the government's buildin'
houses down there for us.

You don't choose to move?

Of course martha corinne
don't choose to move.

She's planted on that
land just like a tree.

Others can if they want.

Not us.

(Wade) I come home from the navy

And home is where
I plan on stayin'.

(Boone) mama and me
and wade and his vera,

We decided on stayin'.

Well, I know martha
corinne well enough to know

She didn't send you down
here just to tell us that.

She's plannin' to make a stand.

Bless her heart.

She says you blood-kin waltons.

You ain't goin' to forget your
own folks when they need you.

(Grandpa) that's right.

(Wade) won't be long before
the government comes

Tryin' to move us out.

(Boone) they done already
commenced their blastin' up there.

Shapin' our mountains
to suit their selves.

Martha corinne says you
come up there and fight with us.

You be there tomorrow.

You mean to fight
the government?

If it comes to that.

You tell martha
corinne we'll be there.

Bring your r*fles.

Lucky they missed your place
when they drew up that park map.

They're really serious.

I reckon it's clear that
we're obliged to help.

It's clear.

We'll be there.

We're not takin' any r*fles.

[Car horn blaring]

[Car door closing]

I don't see even one
r*fle amongst you.

Y'all come up
here to stick by us

Or to wish us well?

(Grandpa) we are here to
help you, martha corinne,

In whatever way seems best.

We agreed that takin' up r*fles

May not be the best,
though, martha corinne.

What about you, young
walton? Where do you stand?

Well, i, uh, stand
with my daddy.

Zeb, you remember ben
moyer over by afton?

Well, vera here is
his granddaughter.

Ben moyer.

Why, your granddaddy b*at me

At the north garden
turkey sh**t times runnin'.

I venture to say that
he's no longer with us?

Took with lung disease in .

When vera's child is born,

There'll be living generations
of waltons on this mountain.

Well, I could use some
help picking blackberries.

The bushes are just leanin'
over, they're so heavy.

I reckon you children can do that
much for me, can't you? Yes, ma'am.

(Martha) I'll allow you
to keep what I don't use.

Go with vera now, she'll get
you the buckets in the house.

Can we go lookin'
for arrowheads?

You let us do it the
last time we were here.

Up in the indian camp.

How many did you
take home, then?

One apiece. Just like you said.

The rule still stands.

So get along with you now.

Thank you, ma'am.

Watch out for my
pigs. They're feisty.

Ok, we will.

I suppose you're too old for
arrowheads and berry pickin'.

Well, I thought I'd stay here.

You wouldn't if there

Was a nice young girl goin'
berry picking, now, would you?

Well, I reckon not.

We're here, martha
corinne, for a council of w*r.

I think it's high
time we got started.

Ahem.

That's prime stuff, boone.

You've had some of it before.

It's out of that cask I got
hid out yonder in the woods.

[Gulping]

It's white lightning.

Better than judge
baldwin's recipe.

Boone tells me this, uh, man, blake,
is contracted to clear the area.

Your not movin'
is holdin' him up.

Every day means lost
money to him, I expect.

We mean more to ourselves than
the numbers on his dollar bills.

Boone thinks this is gonna
come down to a sh**t' fight.

I think that's wrong. You
can't win that kind of a fight.

Blake is here last night when
we come back from your place.

Well, he's been
tryin' for months

For us to take his money
so that he can have our land.

He gives us just
days to get out

And claims that if we
don't, the u.s. Marshals

Will come up and move us out.

Blake comes up here
and he looks around,

Then he walks over there,

And he says, uh, "miss walton,

"I won't bother
you for the salt,

But I'd certainly enjoy
a tomato off the vine."

I told him to help himself.

So he helps himself.

And he starts to carry on about

How he's eaten
tomatoes off the vine

From of these united states

And how he does believe that
mine is the sweetest of them all.

Well, I says to myself

He's just trying to
sweet-talk you, old woman.

Then that's when he
started tellin' about his road.

He hunkers down
by that tree there

And he says, "mrs. Walton,

" Lanes of my blacktop highway

"Are going to come
around that curve

"And cut through those
trees, through your house

"And right smack through
your tomato patch

Pretty soon now."

"Lord," I said,

"You sure are plannin'
the smell of gasoline

"And rubber tires
burnin' on a hot road

Bein' plentiful around
here, aren't you?"

He says, "yes, ma'am,

It's the way it's going
to be, for a fact."

Well,

I think he's the one
whose facts are confused.

(Ben) you know, jason,
I wish I knew for sure

What indians were
around here, and when.

(Jim-bob) what tribes
were there here?

Oh, miss hunter
said the shawnees,

The delawares, and the catawbas.

(Jim-bob) they all
live around here?

No, they just passed through.

The blue ridge mountains and the shenandoah
valley were their hunting grounds.

(Jim-bob) where
do they live now?

I think the shawnees
are in oklahoma.

The radio says all people are
moving from oklahoma to california.

Not the indians. They
stay on reservations.

Hey, fellas.

Fellas, I got me one.
Look at this. Did ya?

(Jason) yeah, look at this.

(Ben) good. Look
at this right here.

(Jason) hey.

[Inaudible]

You government people?

Shucks, no. We're up here
visitin' martha corinne walton.

We're kin of hers.

What you been trappin'?

You here to move her out?

Well, we don't know yet.

(Ben) what you got in the sack?

Possum.

You runnin' away?

Highway cleared us
out of our old house.

Now papa keeps movin', lookin' for
a house somebody moved out from.

Found one yesterday.

Mile yonder... You ain't
supposed to tell where.

[g*n fires]

(Elizabeth) maybe the
sh**ting started already.

I don't think so. There's some.

I sure hope john-boy
or daddy don't get sh*t.

What about grandpa?

Grandpa says he's
gettin' so tough

That b*ll*ts won't
go through him.

I think he's pulling
your leg, elizabeth.

I wish he wouldn't do that.

Mary ellen, look.

[Pigs grunting]

Well, keep still and
maybe they won't see us.

Maybe who won't see us?

Them.

[Pigs grunting]

[Elizabeth screaming]

Hey, come on, elizabeth.

(Mary ellen) climb up in
the tree. Get her. Get her.

Here. Elizabeth,
give me your hand.

[Pigs continue grunting]

Ugly pigs. Go away!

Mary ellen, what
are we gonna do?

Help!

Help!

Help!

[Pigs grunting]

I don't think it's gonna work.

Well, I don't want to stay up
here for the rest of my life.

I want to go home.

I wish we'd never left home.

(Martha) we ask no more
than to raise our animals,

Grow our crops and
be left to ourselves.

Now, the time
for asking is past.

(John) I never said I disagree

With the way you
feel, martha corinne.

It's just...

Maybe there's a more
reasonable way to help.

(Grandpa) you mean, short
of a sh**ting w*r, huh?

All I'm just sayin' is there
could be a middle road.

Could be that your
middle-road thinking

Comes from your spendin' too
much time livin' close to town

And usin' your indoor
water and electricity.

(John) that may be, I grant you.

You know, if you do
have to move, then, uh,

If... If maybe

You do have to move,
I'm... I'm sure that... That

Daddy and grandpa
would be more than pleased

To have you come and
share our mountain with us.

(Boone) young man,
you wasn't invited here

To give out with
movin' day advice.

(John) boy's just makin'
a suggestion, boone.

The truth is, martha corrine,

You can have all our land you
need to clear for your garden,

Raise your hogs and chickens.

There's plentiful game up there.

There's best huntin' in the
world up there year around.

Best fishin' this side
of blue rock creek.

What do you say, boone?

Martha corinne?

Boone and me appreciate
what you're sayin', john-boy,

But that's your land.

And this is ours.

Yes, ma'am.

[Pigs grunting]

Well, I'm not gonna
stay up here forever.

Mary ellen, don't.

Mary ellen, don't get
down there. You'll be bitten.

Don't worry.

[Screams]

(All) help! Help!

[Girls continue shouting]

(Jason) mary ellen?

(Girls) help!

(Jason) come on,
fellas, let's go.

[Girls shouting]

(Girls) help! Help!

Jason, help!

(Elizabeth) jason!

(Mary ellen) jason,
we're over here.

(Mary ellen) come
on, jason. Hurry.

[All laughing]

Oh, no.

Let's go. Come on.

(Mary ellen) don't get
too close, jason!

(Jason) don't worry about it.

(Jason) come on, you
pigs. Get outta here.

(Ben) get outta here.

Get outta here. Come on, move.

(Jason) get outta
here, you pigs.

Come on, go. Get outta here.

You can come down
now, scaredy cats.

Oh, shut up, ben.

(Jason) real
man-eaters, huh, erin?

You know, I've heard of people
being tree'd by a bear before,

But this is the first time I ever
saw anybody tree'd by a pig.

But you weren't here when they
were slobbering and grunting.

Yeah, you didn't see
that one att*ck me.

(Ben) scared by a grunt, huh?

Soohee, pig, pig, pig.

[Exclaiming] come on.

Come on, you pig. Come
on, boy. Come on, pig.

I think we should have left
them up there, you know that?

Who's going to
give it to him? Me.

(Jason) oh, no, you don't. I'm
going to give you a spanking.

[Children screaming]

Lucas avery.

Old lucas? State senator?

(Boone) it's him, all right.

Martha corinne.

Where you been?

Well, i... I just had
to make one more try.

But I'm afraid my colleagues in the
legislature had heard my speech before.

Savin' your land
is out of my hands.

These here are walton kin
from over in jefferson county.

Well, I'm pleased to
make your acquaintances.

You know about
the eviction notice.

It's because of that I'm
here, martha corinne.

We have to have a talk.

Lucas, I haven't got much
time for a lot of talk.

So I went to blake and
asked for some time.

He finally promised that
for the days remaining

Before the notice of
eviction goes into effect

That he'd see there was no more
blasting or building near your property.

In trade for what?

That you go and look at the house
the government is offering you

For movin' out of here.

Senator, suppose
martha corrine don't like

What they show her down below

Of the, uh, land, or the
little cr*cker boxes on it?

Mind you, I'm not
sayin' she's gonna go,

But if she does, suppose she
doesn't like what she sees?

Well, uh, why not give
yourselves a chance?

At least go look at the houses.

You're the only family
who won't even do that.

We're agreed on stayin' here.

Lucas, is this your way of
tellin' us that you've given up

And gone over to the other side?

Martha corinne, I
fought my fight for you.

It wasn't too many years back
that you got whatever you asked for

Down at the legislature.

Yes, indeed.

And with plenty of
votes to spare, I dare say.

But times change and I must
now go along with the majority.

And with the law.
So must we all.

Like it or not.

Now the men in
richmond and washington

Who create these projects,
such as the parks and highways

Are looking to help
this country's future

By building it out
of a depression.

And they truly and honestly
believe what they're doing

Will better the
majority of people's lives.

It won't better ours.

Martha corinne, the
majority of the people

Does not mean the few hundred scattered
up and down these hillsides and hollows.

Are you sayin' we
don't count for nothin'?

No, no, I'm only telling you what
the government already knows.

There's not a family here
educated or productive enough

To earn more than $ a year.

Well, then wouldn't it be a better idea
to build schools instead of highways

And clear the land for
farming instead of for parks?

That is not the issue
right now, young man.

(John) we'd be happy
to take you on down

And show you the houses
being offered to you.

(Olivia) you could stay the
night with us. All of you.

I think it's all a trick
to get us out of here.

We come back, the whole place
will be bulldozed to the ground.

Mr. Blake gave me his
word. He'd not send his men in

As long as you were giving
thought to the government housing.

We got no reason to
believe anything he'd say.

Lucas, do you
believe this man blake?

I can only tell you
what he told me.

I went to him for
you. For your sake.

Go. Look at the
houses, martha corinne.

I beg you.

(Boone) we got our house, mama.

We don't need to go
lookin' for another one.

That blake has a mighty
long streak of fox in him.

Too long to trust.

Is that your answer?

I'll go look at 'em.

For lucas.

You don't have to look
at no other houses.

I said I'd go look
at them for lucas.

Well, uh, I think
I'd best be going.

Goodbye, martha
corinne. And thank you.

Goodbye. (John)
thank you, senator.

Goodbye, sir.

(Grandpa) so long, senator.

(Lucas) goodbye.

They're angry with me.

More scared than angry.

Well, being afraid is the
most powerful kind of anger.

I think I'd best stay here.

Somebody should
see what's going on.

Old man, you'll
do no such thing.

Take it easy, esther.
It'll be only for a day or .

Henry would have
done the same for zeb.

Keepin' busy can be
comforting, can't it?

Always makes me feel safe.

My life is going to keep on
going the same as always.

It's knowin' how fresh and clean
it's all gonna smell when it's dry.

Vera, are you afraid?

What kind of question is that?

People do get afraid
sometimes, you know?

Not me.

I got wade to take care of me.

He makes sure nothin' hurts me.

You know, in a few weeks,

John-boy is gonna be
goin' off to college,

And in my heart I'm
very afraid of that.

Why?

Well,

He's gonna become part of
a world I know nothin' about.

He's gonna meet people
who are smarter than me.

People who have been places and can talk
about things I've never even dreamt of.

And I'm afraid maybe I'll

Seem ordinary to him.

And then he might even be
a little bit ashamed of me.

If that's what's
goin' to happen,

Why are you lettin' him go for?

That's foolishness.

I can't stop john-boy from
goin' out into the world.

And you and wade have to
be part of that world, too.

You mustn't be afraid to see new
things, and to learn new things.

So that you can make a
better life for yourself.

So that your child can
have some of the good things

This world has to offer.

My child will have a
good life right here.

You don't want any part of the
outside world because it frightens you.

And that's all right.
You can admit to the fear.

But you mustn't let it stop you.

You mustn't let it keep
you from going ahead.

You and wade could
be new pioneers.

That's not what
me and wade want.

Jim-bob, will you quit eating
all the berries? You, too, ben.

They're good!

But if you eat 'em all,

We won't have enough
left to make ice cream.

Here we go. I don't
want to sit inside.

I want the air.

(John) john-boy.

Yes, sir.

Son, I want you to do

Something for me,
all right? Uh-huh.

I want you to stay here
and keep an eye on grandpa.

Me?

Yeah, try to keep him from
gettin' a g*n in his hands.

You really think maybe it's
gonna come down to g*ns?

His temper's up.

Try to keep him from doin'
anything foolish, all right?

Ok.

Ah, looks to me some of
the men folk in this family

Are going to become a
lot better acquainted.

[Sighing]

(Slim) I ought to charge
you time-and-a-half

For bringing me up
here after sundown.

(Blake) you scared
of them waltons?

Yeah, every one of them'd just as
soon sh**t at you as look at you.

Martha corinne included.

Well, I been sh*t at before.

Now, don't get spooked.

The walton's cabin's clear
the other side of the mountain.

They can't see us over here.

You know, uh,

I heard somethin'
about you promise

Lucas avery you was gonna wait.

Word sure gets around up here.

How'd you find that out?

Everybody's cousin to
everybody else up here.

Uh, well, just who
are you cousin to?

Lucas avery or boone walton?

I'm cousin to
whoever's payin' me.

(Slim) how come you
can't wait anyway?

'Cause I'm losing money.
That's reason enough.

(Slim) yeah, well,

Don't expect me up here
tomorrow to work no plunger.

I understand they got kin up there
all the way from jefferson county.

Yeah, well, I got a united
states marshal with me.

And that's just a whole
lot better than kin.

Let me try. Can I hold it?

Ok, but make sure
you keep stirring.

Here.

Ok, mix it up good.

Oh, is that ok?

Elizabeth. Elizabeth,
don't eat all the berries.

[All exclaiming]

(Ben) we should get a cloth.

Somebody get a
cloth. Is it spilling?

Ok, next step.

Ice.

(Jason) keep your
fingers out, ben.

Give me some more salt.

Let me try.

Let... Let elizabeth try now.
She won't be able to do it.

Go on, elizabeth.

(Jason) that's the way, honey.

[Children laughing]

(Olivia) ooh, that looks good.

[All exclaiming]

Now, let's see. Who's
gonna get the first lick?

You? Me.

No, I think we should start with
the youngest first, don't you?

Here you go,
elizabeth. Watch out.

[All exclaiming]

[Chuckling]

Good? Careful.

(Jason) how is it, elizabeth?

Mmm.

Your blackberries make the
best ice cream in the whole world.

The whole world?

Taste and see.

She's not the youngest.

I know, you are.

(Ben) hey, I'm not.

(John) it's my
turn. It's my turn.

Hey, give me a lick
of that. Oh, now, wait.

Give that to your father.
Give me a lick of that.

Let the children go first.

(John) mmm.

You want some?
Anybody want some?

I do.

You can't have it.

[All laughing]

[John-boy sighs]

It's a nice fire.

You married?

Hmm?

Me? Married? No, I'm only .

I'm .

Oh.

Well...

Well, how'd you get in
the navy, bein' so young?

I lied to 'em.

I lied to 'em about
how old I was.

Well, I wager you've seen
a good deal of the world.

Right smart.

Better put in some more wood.

Mmm-hmm.

[Door closing]

[Exhaling]

These are wonderful.
Who did these?

(Vera) wade. Really?

Yeah.

He, uh, carved this
old lady in japan.

And... And this rooster's a...
A toy he's makin' for the baby.

And this,

This is the aircraft
carrier he served on.

saratoga. mmm-hmm.

He's still workin' on it.

Who's this?

He carved this fine lady from
a... A picture he saw in a magazine.

And... And that
over there is boone.

Yeah?

[Chuckles]

He doesn't look any too happy
to be behind that plow, does he?

He's more for
huntin' and fishin',

Make his own whiskey.

Mmm.

[Door opening]

Oh, here, I'll get that.
Those are beautiful.

We all have somethin'
we do best at.

[Sighing]

I'm, uh, I'm cuttin'
wood in the morning.

You want to come with me?

Oh, sure, anything
I can do to help.

(Martha) I met henry walton

At the mill where
my daddy worked

Down on the james, just
there above scottsville.

He was your grandfather's
oldest brother.

He was and I was .

He and his daddy had come
down to sell their corn.

Didn't uncle henry fight
with stonewall jackson?

Well, he was one of the
generals that henry fought for.

Jason, why don't you get that picture of
uncle henry, show aunt martha corinne?

Oh, sure.

I'd rather hear about
the spinning wheel.

Me, too.

The spinning wheel.

[Coughing]

Well, it came to me from my
mother for a wedding present.

You come back to the house
and I'll show you how it works.

Can we, mama? Please?

I'd love to see you
girls spin wool.

(Jason) here he is.

Tell us about uncle
henry fightin' in the w*r.

Well,

I was

And henry was
when we were married

And he went down to the mill

To work with my father
on the james for a while.

And then the w*r broke out.

And he chose to join up
with stonewall jackson.

But after stonewall jackson
was k*lled at chancellorsville,

He got his orders to join up with
another general by the name of, uh,

Jubal. Jubal early.

Well, it was about
years later,

One fall night,

A soft rain was falling,

A rooftop lullaby, I call it,

And henry came home.

We had heard how general custer

Was hanging the confederates,

So I'd about given up any
hope of ever seein' henry again.

But he was home and I
was gloriously happy.

We came up to the mountains

And we placed our
boundary stones

And together we built our home.

Boone was born to us

And a boy named for his father.

He d*ed in infancy.

Well, I ploughed
and I planted and i,

I chopped my share of firewood,

And when time came for
hog-butcherin', I was there, too.

We all shared in
the work of our land.

Until

That road builder came and
brought his park to my doorstep,

My family had always
known a peacefulness.

Well, I couldn't want
it anywhere else.

Well, if you'll excuse me,

I promised myself that
I'd be fresh in the morning

When I go to look
at new property

For the first time since .

Thank you for talking to us. Oh.

Thank you for a taste of the
best ice cream in the world.

I'll walk you upstairs.

Goodnight. Goodnight.

Goodnight.

I'll be ready to go first
thing in the morning.

[Birds chirping]

Ready to go, zeb?

(Grandpa) hey.

Mornin', boone.

Hey, what are we using for bait?

All I had to do was turn
one shovel full of dirt

Behind that pig pen

And I got enough worms
here for days of fishin'.

Good. I'm counting on a
mess of fish for supper.

[Laughing] (boone) you
gonna get them.

You know, I think
it's been too long

Since you been up here to fish.

Maybe you forgot what
good fishing there is

Down there at blue rock creek.

♪♪[Grandpa humming]

Uh, wade, did you
happen to notice

If they took any g*ns
up there with them?

Not that I know of.

What are you mother-hennin'
that old man for?

You been watching
him like a chicken hawk.

Who, me?

No, I'm just, uh, looking
out for him, is all.

Here, let me help you with that.

I fixed you bread
and honey sandwiches

And filled your water jar.

Thank you.

Vera,

Blake or any of his men
come around, you come get me.

I heard some blastin' early this
mornin' as I was out collectin' eggs,

But it was far away to the west.

Now you make sure
those old men

Clean their own fish
when they get home.

Don't let grandpa boone go talking
you into doing his work for him.

The wood you'll be cutting
today be for our baby's cradle.

Jason, I'm leavin'
you in charge here.

Now you keep an eye
on these children.

Make sure they
stay out of trouble.

Yes, sir. You all
hear that, everybody?

(Ben) sure, we heard.

(Jim-bob) don't worry,
jason. We'll be good.

I'm not sure we ought to
leave those children alone.

Now, livie willy, you
hover over this brood,

How they ever gonna learn
any sense of responsibility?

We're gonna be gone
most of the day, I expect.

So you all be on
your best behavior.

[Engine starting]

[Elizabeth squeals]

Bye-bye!

(All) bye, all.

(All) bye!

Goodbye!

Ok, everybody, get in the house

And get those rooms cleaned up.

What? Why now?

Listen, I'm the daddy
around here. Go!

Ben. Ben, you help me dig
the weeds, come on now.

I'd rather clean my room.

Come on, I'll race
you to the beets.

[Ben exclaims]

(Jason) oops!

[Ben laughing]

[Sighing]

It is all mighty peaceful
up here at blue rock creek.

Yeah, but not for long.

Huh?

Not once that dam goes up.

That does grieve me, however,

To think they didn't
have a dam up here

Before that last big flood your
own boy's house floated downriver.

That dam ain't
gonna help nobody.

'Cause there ain't gonna
be nobody livin' here.

Trouble with us, boone, is

We've spent half of our
lives in the last century.

[Birds chirping]

I sure missed you, zeb.

We don't hunt and fish
like we used to no more.

No, I haven't been able to get
up here as much as I'd like to

What with these hard times.

About the only thing I know
up here is the time of day.

No, siree, I've to keep my
nose to the grindstone

To help my son feed
that big family of his.

Well, when I wake up of
a morning, I ask myself:

"What am I going to do today?"

Yeah, that's the glory of it,
boone, the freedom to choose.

Yes, sir.

I say,

"What do I want to
do for myself today?

"Do I wanna hunt?

"Do I wanna fish?

"Do I wanna cut timber?

Or do I wanna make
a little whiskey?"

[Laughing]

You know, zeb,

I do just what
pleasures me the most.

Now how many fellers in
this world can say that?

Not many, boone.

In all these days and
years, not many at all.

Ok.

Wade, did you ever think of
selling those things you carve?

You're attesting I should?

Well, sure.

I think there's a lot of people

Who'd be interested
in buyin' 'em.

You really think so?

Why not? They're good.

Sure hope people
start buyin' my stuff.

What do you make?

Oh, I'm a writer.

What do you write?

Stories, mostly
about the family.

What made you be a writer?

Uh... [Sighing]

Well, what made you
start carvin' those figures?

Martha corinne
says it's in the blood.

Says our people have always had a
streak and that's what makes us good

At playin' the fiddle, makin'
a picture, carvin' wood.

It's in the blood.

That's really something
to think about, isn't it?

You and me with the same blood.

In you, it makes a wood carver.

In me, it makes a writer.

It's like a tree.

Same sap flowin' out
into different branches.

That's a writer for you.

Wade, when you went
out to join the navy,

Did you always know
you'd be comin' back here?

[Exhaling]

First, I had to see
the other man's world.

His countries and his cities.

[Panting]

This is my country.

And it won't be long before I build
my own home up here to prove it.

Henry david thoreau
says, "it is as fitting a thing

"For a man to build his own home

As it is for a bird to
build its own nest."

If you'd like, after we finish
up here, I'll take you there.

Show you what I mean.

Sure, I'd like that.

[Engine whirring]

This morning when I woke up

I had this feeling like it might
be the last time I ever said:

"What am I gonna do today?"

Looks like mr. Blake's done
prove that feelin' out for me.

Only thing in his favor, boone,

Is he stayed on that
side of the creek

And he went back
the way he come.

He's just scoutin'
the territory.

Now he knows the
way he's coming back.

(Grandma) and... And these spigots,
they can give you hot water

Or cold water, any
amount you want.

Oh! Oh, that's hot, all right.

[Grandma exclaims]

And... And the bathtub, that...
That... That does the same thing

And you can have the
easiest bath that you ever had.

And you can have 'em
as often as you want.

Remember the day we
got our first bathtub?

I sure do.

Forgot those saturday
night baths quick enough.

(John) we still got
that galvanized tub?

(Olivia) yeah, it's in the
cellar somewhere.

Oh, my. Got to
watch out for that.

That's bad luck to
look in a mirror at night.

(Grandma) well, I tell you
that gettin' our first bathtub

Was more exciting to me

Than gettin' our first truck.

Oh, yeah?

In the summertime, boone
always takes his soap

And bathes down in,
uh, blue rock creek

The same henry and I always did.

Electric light.

There's the switch. You turn it.

It's a nice, big house.

They didn't waste much
time buildin' it, either.

Let's take a look
at the kitchen.

(Grandma) oh. Look at
that. Green linoleum.

And it's brand new.

Linoleum?

Um, it's to protect the floor.

Wish I had some new
linoleum in my house.

I always feel suffocated when I
get down here in the flatlands.

Lungs just won't
take the air down here.

Should be about acres.

Flat.

(John) I'd say half
of it was cleared.

Henry always told me when
we came to the mountains,

You live with your land

And you die with your land.

I'm buildin' our house here.

That is beautiful.

Build a home, raise kids,

Be in love with your woman.

[Laughing]

Let me show you where
everything's gonna go.

Ok.

Chimney and the fireplace
go right here. Uh-huh.

[Laughing]

Bedroom's right here.

And the parlor is
gonna go right here.

What's over here?

You're standing in
vera's kitchen. Oh.

[Chuckles]

Salvaged my mama's old
eagle stove from the flood.

The fanciest and best of cookin'
stoves, for its day and time.

If you turn around, and go
through that door to your right,

You'll be standing
in my workshop.

What a place for
an artist to work!

Artist?

Look here, john-boy.

From here, to this saplin'

Is where one mountain boy

Breaks with a long
tradition of outhouses.

[Laughing] indoor plumbin'?

With a bathtub, and
a sink, and a toilet.

I saved enough
money from the navy

To buy the pipes
and the fixtures.

And I'm good at plumbing.
I'll do that myself.

People work all their lives to
build this kind of dream house.

You think that's all it
boils down to, don't you?

A dream.

I'd hate to think that.

Maybe if writers and wood
carvers ran this country

Instead of lawyers and
politicians, we'd be better off.

Well, amen to that.

I'll thin out the
trees in this direction,

So as we can sit on the porch

And see clear to the
shenandoah valley.

(Boone) wade!

Something's wrong.

Blake's got his bulldozers

Over at blue rock
creek pointed this way.

Does it look like
they're movin' in?

I don't think they're
comin' up here to go fishin'.

That's right. If they got one up
this far, the others ain't far behind.

So, it was a trick.

[Dynamite exploding]

You need more proof now?

We've been lied to.

That's right. We're wasting
time here, so let's get.

You think it's gonna come
to sh**ting, grandpa?

More than likely.

I... I swear, I feel like the clock's
been turned back years.

It's like stories I've heard
about feuds and grudge fights

And warrin' mountain clans.

I'm gonna be starting
college soon

And here I am way
back in the hills

And somebody's ready to
push a r*fle into my hands.

John-boy, you follow
that gully on down

Till you hear the splashing
of blue rock creek.

You go on down the stream till you
smell the gas from the main highway

And thumb your way on
back to walton mountain.

I can't do that,
grandpa. Why not?

I'm not gonna leave
you up here alone.

Besides, I've gotta
figure this out in my mind.

Just what would you
do if this was your home?

I don't know. Maybe I
could understand it then.

There's no difference.
Same place, walton land.

This is fought-for land.

Walton blood has
been stainin' this ground

And walton sweat has
cleared and cultivated this land.

And we owe a debt
to those waltons

Buried up over
yonder on the hill.

My brother henry
is buried up there.

And his widow martha corinne,
she's likely to go there pretty soon

If they try to take this
place away from her.

It's blood that
joins us, john-boy.

You and me, and your
daddy, and boone.

I know, that's true.
I felt it with wade.

I think maybe what you got to do

Figure out just how
much of a walton you are.

Wade.

Your daddy at home?

Well, he took martha corinne
up to look at some houses.

They ought to be back
right soon, though.

I'll wait.

All right.

(Martha) to give up my home

Would be givin' up a
good part of myself.

Well, I know how you're feelin'.

We were faced
with the same thing

When they made us an
offer for the mountain.

No, it wasn't the same, esther,

Because you had a
choice of acceptin' or not.

You're right. I guess I was just
lookin' for a way to comfort you.

You know, movin' away doesn't
mean that you have to stop carin'

Or feeling about
what your life has been.

Oh, esther.

They can't take
that away from you.

Wade is my great-grandson.

And, some day, that house and that
land that we saw today can be his

And his children's.

But wade is countin'

On buildin' his own home
and in the mountains.

And boone, well, he's
a proud, stubborn man,

But he's got a
right to be selfish

About the life he's
lived and known.

And you?

I don't like a house
that's built by strangers.

It don't mean that it
couldn't be fixed up

And made right
livable into a home.

He could at least tell
us what this is all about.

Why did you get a tattoo?

Because I wanted one.

Going to a tattoo parlor
was part of being in the navy.

For me, anyways.

There was a tattooed lady in
the carnival at charlottesville.

Mama wouldn't let
us look, but I peeked.

She had snake tattoos.

What kind of snakes?

Poisonous.

[Car door closing]

Easy. Easy there.

Lucas double-crossed you.

How?

The blasting started
at the cr*ck of dawn.

Blastin'? How close?

Comin' our way. Now, hold on.

You all heard
lucas give his word.

Looks to me lucas and
blake had it all planned.

They wanted you off the
mountain, so they could move in.

Let me go see lucas.

Any government people
come to the house?

Not yet.

Well, I'm gonna go
home where I belong.

Mary ellen, come help me pack.

(Mary ellen) yes, ma'am.

How do you know it's lucas?

I know.

For a minute you almost
had me talked into that house.

Now, I'm sure this thing can
best be settled with lucas.

Now, you go with
john to see him.

Let me tell you all that I am no
puppet on lucas avery's string.

And I dance no tune to
blake or the government.

You wait here, I'll go see him.

You tell lucas
for me, he's a liar.

♪ Was in the merry
month of may ♪

♪ When flowers were a bloomin' ♪

♪ Sweet william on
his deathbed lay ♪

♪ For the love
of barbara allen ♪

[Cricket chirping]

♪ They buried her ♪

♪ Near the old churchyard ♪

♪ Sweet william's grave ♪

♪ Was neigh hers ♪♪

(Grandpa) welcome
home, martha corinne.

(John-boy) isn't my
daddy with you?

(Martha) john walton's
leaving it up to us.

Has blake been back?

(Boone) I reckon we'll be
seein' him soon enough.

(Grandpa) come in, martha
corinne. Rest yourself.

I want to hear all about it.

Mr. Blake?

Who wants him?

John walton junior.

He's gone into brightwood.

When do you expect him back?

Not before morning.

Uh, you wouldn't happen to know
what he plans on doing, come morning?

Blake don't tell us his plans.

Well,

Then would you give him
a message for me, please?

(Slim) I reckon
we could do that.

Would you tell him that
my father and sen. Avery

Are trying to work
this thing out together

And that we need a
little bit more time?

Your daddy's gone off, huh?

He's off with the senator.

Would you please give
mr. Blake that message for me?

Yeah. Yeah, ok.

Thank you.

John-boy, I just come by where you
were supposed to be standing guard.

There's nothing
there but a r*fle

Standing up against
the pine tree.

Where've you been?
I went to see blake.

You did what?

I tried to see blake.

You mean you went over to the
enemy's camp to see that rattlesnake?

Grandpa, I was just trying
to get us some more time.

You make it sound
like I'm a turncoat.

Anyway, I didn't get to see
him. He's gone to brightwood.

Your r*fle's still standin'
there against that pine tree.

You intend pickin' it up?

Not when I don't have to.

No.

[Chickens chuckling]

We'll take over now, john-boy.

Best thing you can do is go
downhill, get your breakfast.

Come to breakfast, john-boy.

Ok.

Got some nice hot
biscuits for you.

Thank you.

That's fine, thank you.

Tell me about this
college you're going to.

Boatwright
university in westham.

Well, judging by how
you spoke up to old lucas,

Asking why they didn't build
schools instead of highways,

I'd say education
do right well by you.

I hope I can do as well by it.

I never had that
kind of schooling

But I find that if you keep a
close watch on the world,

What's in it, you
can learn a lot.

I found a lot of little
worlds in this big one.

Little watery world
in blue rock creek

In a quiet pool there,

And there's worlds underground

When you turn a shovel of dirt.

Maybe if I had books

I could understand more
about these little worlds.

Maybe you'll explain when
you come back and are educated.

I could lend my books
to you if you like.

You can read them for yourself.

Well, that's very kind of you.

I'd like to start with history.

And then one on plants.

You think you'll be
studying much about plants?

Well, we'll eventually
get around to it, probably.

I vow

I might not die
ignorant after all.

Eat your breakfast.

[Birds chirping]

I thought I'd get
started on the house.

Biscuits and gravy.

Mmm. Warm when I left the
house but got cold comin' up here.

I've been thinking
about the furniture.

How does black
walnut sound to you?

[Laughing] you always did have
your eye on that stand of walnut

By your granddaddy's place.

It's good hard wood, vera.

Finishes up real pretty.

Got to sit down.

[Sighs]

The baby didn't
sleep much last night.

Such a kickin', I
never before felt.

Real sound sleeper today.

[Dynamite exploding]

How long do you think it'll be
before they try coming for us?

No later than tomorrow
would be my guess.

(Martha) wade, I want you to
drive your truck down the road

To the end of my property line.

Not one inch past it, you hear?

Turn it sideways so
it'll block the road.

And I don't care
whether it's a c.c.c. Boy,

United states marshal,
or blake himself.

The first person that
crosses my property line

Is gonna get a load of
double-o-buck for his trouble.

Aunt martha corinne,

Couldn't you just hold your
fire until my daddy gets here?

Hold our fire and be flattened
by one or more bulldozers?

Why does it have
to come to that?

What way have
you got in mind, boy?

Well, we can talk!

I mean, both sides are gonna
be face to face with each other.

Now is the time to
work something out.

You don't know blake.

Look, all I'm saying is
that we don't have to

Start sh**ting
right off the bat.

I mean, it may come
to that. I'll grant you,

It may come to that.

But even if it does,

I don't think that our side should
be the first to pull the trigger.

I'll depend on what men of my
family want to defend my land.

Wade, go!

Questions, john-boy?

It won't work.

All right, blake.
We'll be there by : .

They started blastin' again.

Double-crossed us all.

Why?

Oh, something about having
to revise his time schedule

On the current stretch of road.

Claims it's gonna take much
longer, cost more money.

Money out of his own pocket.

"Money talks," he said.

Is there anything
we can do to stop it?

The law is on his side.

Why don't you finish
your breakfast?

We're going to richmond.

They can bring in more
men with more g*ns

Than you could ever imagine.

That's up to them.

What good is it gonna do
you to sh**t one of them

If boone or wade or any of
us gets k*lled in the bargain?

That's one of the things you
won't learn in college, john-boy.

The cost of defending
your own property.

Grandpa, are you willing
to gamble your life on that?

I'm here.

I'm here.

[Dynamite exploding]

Up here we all have said

The days of our lives are
numbered like the pages of the bible.

I cannot believe you
think it's as simple as that.

There's never been one of us

Able to determine the days of
our livin' and the time of our callin'.

Are you just going
to accept that?

If you can't carry a g*n,

The least you can do is
help with the lookout.

You're all fools.

John-boy, I will not have you
talk like that about your elders.

I have a right to speak
my mind in this family

And that woman's
gonna sacrifice her kin.

You have no call to
refer to your kin as fools.

Grandpa, you're wrong!

I suppose you
think they are right.

I do not think they are right!

Because, if you do, go home,

Or better yet, go join 'em!

I do not think they're right!

[Dynamite exploding]

[Car horn blaring]

[Car horn blaring]

Right there.

There's a u.s.
Marshal waiting, too.

Zeb, what do you think?

(Grandpa) they're
not doin' much.

Just sizin' up the
situation, I think.

(John-boy) they're leaving.

Next time, they'll be
coming back for us.

He's right, grandpa.

Huh?

(Senator rogers) sen. Avery, we've
been over this ground before.

There's nothing we can do.

Very well. We'll take our
case directly to the governor.

I suggest you contact
the state police

And the local sheriff's office

And instruct them to supervise

An orderly and peaceful removal

Of martha corinne
walton and her family.

Excuse me, sir. Is it possible

For a citizen to say somethin'?

I don't wish this
to sound callous,

But mr. Walton should know

We've all been through the
emotional ringer on this issue before.

The chair recognizes
mr. Walton's privilege

As a citizen to speak before us.

Thank you, senator.

You see, you gentlemen may
not understand why we're here.

You're city folk,

And we come here to talk
about mountain people.

Now, just a minute, mr. Walton,

What has that got to do with it?

It's got a lot to
do with it, senator.

See, these folks up there, they
settled those blue ridge mountains

Long before any of us were born.

And their ways haven't changed

Since they come over
from the old country.

Martha corinne
walton is one of 'em.

You must admit, mr. Walton,

That progress is a vital part
of life in these united states.

Yes, sir, senator.

I admit that.

But, you see it's
hard for this old lady

Who has a little
vegetable patch,

Slaughters or hogs a year,

And takes a little
game from the mountain.

It's hard for her to understand
anything about progress.

And it's got to be
awful frightening

For her to be asked
to move to the city,

Especially since she
hasn't been asked to move

Since her husband come
back from the w*r in .

Frightening it
may be, mr. Walton,

But it hardly justifies taking arms
against the federal government.

That's true, senator.

But you see,

These folks up in the mountain,

They don't spend much
time reading books.

And they don't spend much time
talking about what justifies what.

All they know is, they
got a little bit of land,

And it's their land.

And they feel like
it's slipping out

From under them and
they don't understand.

Now, what we're talking
about here is old age and home

And a place against
your idea of progress.

Now, those young folks up there,

They may not like the idea,

But they still can
change, they can adjust.

They may even be
glad it happened.

But there must be some
way that those old folks

Can spend their few
remainin' years up there.

Martha corinne
walton is only one of 'em.

There's a whole
bunch of them up there

And they're just as
frightened as she is.

And they're just as likely to
react to that fear with v*olence.

I hope they don't
have to do that.

They deserve to spend
their remaining days in peace,

Without fear.

(martha) dear president

roosevelt.

the law says

your people can come here

today and pack me off

my land.

i will fight them

as hard as I am able.

should I lose

and be moved away,

please

have your

government

bring me back

to be buried when I die.

[Dynamite exploding]

I wonder how many deputies they
think it will take to flush us out.

[Exploding]

[Exploding]

[Exploding]

[expl*si*n]

[Explosions continue]

I don't know how it's gonna
turn out for us today, henry.

But, I do know

We could use you being here.

[Sniffling]

We'd stick close together.

We always did when
trouble looked us in the eye.

Today would be a
whole lot easier

If it was just a shoat, or a sunday
chicken these folks was after.

Lord,

But I wish it would
be easy trouble.

[Explosions continue]

It isn't enough they
tear apart mountains.

They can't leave nothin' alone.

Not mountains, not
trees, not people.

(Blake) mrs. Walton,

I got something here
you better listen to.

"Mrs. Henry walton,

"Be it hereby known
that notice of eviction

"On your property
and dwelling is in effect

"As of this day.

"That you and all said persons

"Residing on this property

"Shall immediately
and peacefully

"Legally vacate all
land "and dwellings

Belonging to you."

You may, of course,
read this yourself.

Blake, go back.

You're not coming
on my property.

[Sighing]

Let's go, marshals.

[Engine starting]

[g*ns cocking]

I can't do this. Where do
you think you're going?

I gotta talk to him,
grandpa, just once.

No kin of ours is gonna run out.

I'm not runnin' out on you,
boone. Please, grandpa.

It won't work. If it
doesn't work, I'll be back.

Johnny! John-boy!

Stop!

Get out of the way before you
get hurt. I wanna talk to you.

I'm through talkin'.

Mr. Blake, think about
this. They're not bluffin'.

Well, that makes us even.

None of this would've
happened if you'd kept your word.

[g*n f*ring]

Grandpa!

[g*n f*ring]

Oh.

Hold your fire.

No! My boy.

(Grandpa) johnny! Johnny!

No! No!

[Grandpa muttering]

Grandpa, are you all
right? Are you hurt, son?

Me? I'm fine. I'm... Oh.

I've been sh*t. Oh, no.

(Grandpa) oh, no.

Just put down your r*fles.

[g*ns clicking]

No, sir.

Don't you tell me no.
I can have you both

In convict's clothes by sundown.

I'd rather be in the
ground by sundown.

[Car approaching]

What happened?

John-boy's been hurt.

(John-boy) it's all
right, it's all right.

(Grandpa) get him to a doctor.

[Grunting] let's get him out
of here. Easy, son. Easy, son.

Easy, son. I'm fine.

(John-boy) it's all
right, it's all right.

[John-boy groans]

(John) easy, easy, easy.

It's starting to hurt now,
it's starting to hurt now.

It's ok.

Daddy?

[Engine revving]

Lucas, what result
with the governor?

We didn't see the governor
until early this morning.

He, uh, turned us down.

No more bloodshed.

We'll do as we're told.

Not me!

We'll all do as we're told.

Mama?

You can leave now, mr. Blake.

We'll do our own packin'.

Well,

I reckon I'd better go in
and get martha corrine.

Ma'am.

Oh.

I'm through with that.

I'd like to make a gift
of it to your sisters.

Well, I'm sure they'll
appreciate that.

Now don't try to
lift it by yourself yet.

No, I'll have grandpa
help me with it.

Ma'am, they're all loaded,
just waiting for you.

Well, I wanna leave this
room as clean as it was

The first day we moved in.

Henry was a shy
man with a woman.

He didn't lift me
over the threshold

The way a bridegroom
is supposed to.

But when we came into this room,

I wore lilac [sniffing]

And he smelled of bay rum.

He'd been to the
barbershop that morning.

(john-boy) the house is gone now

along with the animal
shelters and the out buildings.

the forest has grown up,

and there is no sign that
once a man and a woman

struggled there
to raise a family

and make a life for themselves.

only the tiny graveyard endures,

not far from where
the house itself stood.

with martha corinne's
eviction from blue rock creek,

our link with our
pioneer past was broken,

but it remains with us today

in our heritage, in our
history, and in our pride.

martha corinne d*ed in .

she was buried on the mountain

beside her husband
and infant son.

wade and vera settled in the
southwestern part of the state

where wade built their
home, and began a career,

which saw him become one of the
country's most talented wood carvers.

boone walton was
k*lled by a truck

as he crossed the
highway one night in .

he was carrying
gallons of moonshine.

(Elizabeth) mama, you promised
me that song and you forgot.

(Olivia) first thing in
the morning, elizabeth.

I'd sleep better
if I heard it now.

[Crickets chirping]

♪ There's an old
spinning wheel ♪

♪ In the parlor ♪

♪ Spinning dreams of
the long, long ago ♪

♪ Spinning dreams of an
old-fashioned garden ♪

♪ And a maid with her
old-fashioned beau ♪♪

You, too, daddy.

(John and olivia) ♪ sometimes it seems
that I can hear her in the twilight ♪

♪ At the organ softly
singing old black joe ♪

♪ There's an old
spinning wheel ♪

♪ In the parlor ♪

♪ Spinning dreams of
the long, long ago ♪♪

(Elizabeth) goodnight,
mama and daddy.

(Olivia) goodnight, elizabeth.

(John) goodnight, elizabeth.